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Patented Apr'. 10, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUSSCHWARZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

yWAISTBAND Fon TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,984, dated April 10, 1894.

Application filed January 2, 1894. Serial No. 495,335. (.Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern/.'-

Be it known that I, JULIUs SCHWARZ, a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improved Waistband and Back-Lining, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to waist-bands for trousers and the like, and has for its object to produce a waist-band which shall be capable of stretching where the greatest strain is to be applied, and which may be readily attached to the garment. n

To this end my invention consists in the construction herein set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more parl ticularly pointed ont in the claim.

I lining attached to a garment.

In the drawings forming part hereoffFigure l is a face view of the back-lining showing one method of attaching the elastics which are located in such a position as to take up the greatest strain. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figs. l and 2. Fig. 4t is a face view of the waist-band with the back-lining attached. Fig. 5 is a view in perspective showing the combined waist-band and back- Fig. 6 is a section in perspective, the section being taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 5.

In the drawings a indicates a back-lining consisting of a strip of fabric folded in any suitable or usual manner and having therein slits b, the ends of which may be secured from tearing by tacks c. Between these slits are solid or `uncut portions b. Secured on both sides of the slits to the back-lining are elastic strips d. The preferred method of constructing this improved back -lining is shown in Fig. 3, wherein the strip a is folded over at a to embrace the elastic which is secured therein by a row of stitching a2. The opposite ends of the elastic portions are embraced by a folded strip of fabrice and the` whole attached to the strip a by one or more rows of stitching a3, as shown. To the back -lining thus constructed i stitched an ordinary waist-band. This waistband preferably consists of a strip of fabric folded longitudinally under its center line f and having its free edges felled and secured by a row of stitching, asV shown at f2, butA other forms of waist-band may be employed. This waist-band is provided with button-holes f4 and is stitched to the back-lining in any suitable manner as by a row of stitching f3, which stitching passes through the back-1ining entirely on the upper side of the slits as is clearly shown at f5 in Figs. 4 and 5, and

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the waistband is so located with respect to the backlining that a button-hole f4, of the band comes over and in line with each elastic portion CZ of the back-lining. bined back-lining and waist-band is s'ewed to the garment g preferably along its edge in any suitable mannersuch as by rows of stitching g g2 passing through the back-lining and the garment g. These lines ofA stitches g g2 extend respectively on opposite sides of the line of slits b.

' With'the' construction thus described, it

will be obvious that the strain on the garment due to the weight of said garment and other causes will be taken up by the elastic portions d which are in line with the buttonholes f4, the slits in the back lining allowing I the elastic portions to stretch and the solid portions between such slits serving to limit the stretching of the elastic portions. The tacks or reinforces c will serve to prevent the solid portions h between the slits from tearing.

It will be seen that my improved combined waist-band and back-lining may be directly attached to a garment and may be put upon the market and sold as a'completed article ready for attachment.

I dol not herein limit myself to the exact form of construction shown, as it is obvious that the parts may be variously constructed and put together without departing from the spirit of my invention. For instance, in-

stead of having the separate folded strip e, I may -fold over a wide edge of the backlining, secure my elastic portions entirely This comi Within such folded edge, and cut the slits band secured to the back-lining on one side xo through both thicknesses of theedge thus of the slits and provided with buttonholes folded. in proximity to the slits in the back-lining,

Wgat I claim, and desire to secure by Letsubstantially as described. 5 ters stent, is

The combination of a back-lining having JULIUS SCHWARZ' slits b therein, elastic piecesextending `atcross Witnesses: the slits and secured to the back lining on GEO. E. MORSE, both sides of the slits, together with a Waist- HARRY M. TURK. 

